ALEX CLARKE QUARTET
DAVENHAM JAZZ FEST - SATURDAY 5th JULY 2025
ON STAGE AT 15.00 - OPENING HEADLINE ACT
Jazz Fest, our summer jazz festival, will be back at Riverside on Saturday 5th July 2025!
DAVENHAM JAZZ FEST - SATURDAY 5th JULY 2025
ON STAGE AT 15.00 - OPENING HEADLINE ACT
Alex Clarke, a finalist in the BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year 2020, winner of the Rising Star category in the 2019 British Jazz Awards and three-time Parliamentary Jazz Awards nominee, is recognised as one of the most in-demand saxophonists on the British jazz scene. Rooted in the bebop tradition, her powerful, melodic playing draws inspiration from the likes of Phil Woods, Sonny Stitt & Cannonball Adderley. Alex has performed with notable names such as Alan Barnes, Alex Garnett and Mark Nightingale and regularly works with top ensembles including The Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra.
Leading her own quartet featuring David Newton, Dave Green and Steve Brown, she released her latest album “Only A Year” in 2022. For the afternoon's Festival performance, Alex will be joined by the wonderful Andrzej Baranek, Ed Harrison & Dave Walsh, for a set of fiery, straight-ahead bop.
"One of the UK’s finest young jazz talents" – The Jazz Rag
"Comfortable and inspired" - Scott Hamilton
"Clarke is a rising star...and here is the evidence" - Jazzwise
Alex Clarke - alto sax
Andrzej Baranek - piano
Ed Harrison - bass
Dave Walsh – drums.